Jackson Public Schools officials said Monday that an investigation is underway after a 16 WAPT viewer shared video of what appears to be a student pushing a teacher down a flight of stairs.

“If a student does an infraction like that, (it) will be dealt with,” Dr. Freddrick Murray, JPS chief academic officer of high schools, said. “That situation is under investigation.”

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Citing the JPS code of conduct, Murray said the student involved in the incident would be dealt with accordingly but did not say if the student had been disciplined.

“We’re an urban district, and we do have challenges, but the vast majority, I would venture to say over 95 percent, come to school each and every day and do exactly what we ask of them. I think that is the narrative that we want to permeate the community as opposed to what we saw last week," Murray said.

Teachers are provided training on how to deal with students who act inappropriately and also preventative measures, Murray said.

“Anytime we get a report of something of that nature, it’s a time for great pause. I would agree that it is something that would bring great concern. It did to me,” JPS superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray said. “I’m a former teacher. My wife is a former teacher. I have friends that are teachers, so we connect very strongly with the teaching profession and what teachers do day in and day out. The vast majority of our teachers have awesome experiences every single day. They’re training scholars so that they’re better equipped for life when the leave the classroom. When one is subject to something like this, we take it very seriously.”

School officials said they are withholding details in the case to protect the student and the teacher.

“We have to understand that these are humans. So whatever has had happened, we have to look inside to make sure we’re not doing anything to discredit or disrupt their lives in any manner beyond this investigation,” Gray said.

Gray said the one incident is not representative of the entire JPS student body.